LINEAR BEATS - PART 2

In this lesson we look at the linear approach
to playing the drums. Specifically we will be looking at linear
drumming within beats. What linear means when applied to drumming,
is that at no time do you ever play more than 1 drum on any given
subdivision. This gives the beats a weightless feel and flow, and
leaves lots of room to place interesting accents around the beat.

The beat we will play is this..

You can see there are many ghost notes being
played on the snare drum, make sure these are super soft, drop them
from 2cm above the drum. Make sure the backbeats are consistent and
aim for either a half stroke, full stroke or rimshot, depending on
the volume you need to play at. Play all hihat notes on the edge of
the hihats with the shoulder of the stick.

What's really
interesting about linear beats, is you can move the hands around to
different voices within the drumkit. For instance you can move the
right hand away from the hihat, and onto either the cowbell or
woodblock, or perhaps the rim of another drum. This changes the
sound of the groove entirely, and you can also change back and forth
between these different sounds within the bar.